On 60 Minutes Amelia Adams meets the chief of the far-right, neo-fascist group pardoned by Donald Trump.
Delight & Prejudice
It might’t be understated simply how momentous January the sixth 2021 was for American democracy. It was the day rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol constructing. The lead as much as this darkish second in historical past started two months earlier when Donald Trump misplaced, however claimed he received, the 2020 Presidential election. The lie grew to become Trump’s mantra and the catalyst for the assault on America’s most vital establishment. One of many instigators of the violence that day in January was Enrique Tarrio, the chief of the far-right, neo-fascist group, the Proud Boys. He ended up being imprisoned for 22 years for seditious conspiracy. One thousand 5 hundred others had been additionally despatched to jail. However remarkably, now they’re all free, beneficiaries of Trump Presidential pardons. And as Amelia Adams studies, armed with their ‘get out of jail’ playing cards, Tarrio and his Proud Boys are usually not solely empowered, they are saying they’re invincible.
Reporter: Amelia Adams
Producer: Garry McNab
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